(19)
(11) EP 0 701 797 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
03.04.1996 Bulletin 1996/14

(43) Date of publication A2:
20.03.1996 Bulletin 1996/12

(21) Application number: 95118448.0

(22) Date of filing: 14.12.1990
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: A61B 17/04, A61B 17/12
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 15.12.1989 US 450301

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
91902462.0 / 0504312

(71) Applicant: YOON, InBae
Phoenix, MD 21131 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Yoon, InBae
    Phoenix, MD 21131 (US)
  • Yoon, Samuel C.
    Phoenix, MD 21131 (US)
  • Yoon, Suzanne J.
    Phoenix, MD 21131 (US)

(74) Representative: Hucker, Charlotte Jane 
Gill Jennings & Every Broadgate House, 7 Eldon Street
London EC2M 7LH
London EC2M 7LH (GB)

 
Remarks:
This application was filed on 23 - 11 - 1995 as a divisional application to the application mentioned under INID code 62.
 


(54) Suture tie device


(57) A suture tie device for suturing bodily tissue comprises at least two generally opposed leg members whose distal portions each have a tissue-engaging portion terminating at a distal end, and locking means disposed on the leg members, the locking means being selectively displaceable along the leg members in the direction toward the distal portions thereof, thereby bringing the distal ends of the leg members into engagement with one another, to form a suture loop.






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